Christ the King Building History – 
You can see from the photo that Christ the King Lutheran church has a unique and beautiful shape to the exterior of its building. The inside is even more beautiful with many symbolic points of reference to christian faith.
Given an opportunity to build, a Christian congregation has the unique privilege and responsibility to erect a new church edifice, which will not only be functional but meaningful.
As a family of Christ the King here in Delafield, we have tried to express ourselves in a building, which reflects who we are, and the faith, which we espouse. The church takes the form of an isosceles triangle, 152 feet on both the east and west sides and 170 feet on the south, making a total of 20,175 square feet of floor area. Each of the three rooflines ascends at different angles, meeting at the top a sky light, which gives stability and authority to the entire roof area. As you move around the outside of the church, the sky light seems also to change in direction and angle. This fact, together with the different roof lines, gives the building the moving and dynamic quality, which typifies our Christian faith. The simple shape of the triangular structure, rising to meet the skylight, suggests the people of God, gathering together under the crown of Christ for worship, study and fellowship. Here we receive strength and wisdom to return, each to his own bailiwick, to be a servant in God's world.
As you come into the church by means of the main entrances, you are aware of the low ceiling. But as you move by the foyer area the roofline begins its steep ascent and continues to climb as you turn to step down into the church proper. The movement of the roofline seeks to uplift the worshipper into an acute awareness of the glory of the presence of God in all of life. In the day the sky light floods the nave of the church with light, and in the evening the artificial light comes from a series of electric lamps, which hang as a necklace at the base of the sky light.
The chancel appointments seek to describe the faith, which we declare. The altar base is an elm tree trunk, which was found and treated in our own area. This tree trunk weds us to our Kettle Moraine community, noted for its beautiful forests; it is in this community where God has called us to serve. The altar table is constructed of laminated strips of white and red elm. The angles of the table as they descend to meet the tree trunk repeat in reverse the angles expressed in the major supporting beams of the church. The altar, with its two ceramic-fashioned candlesticks, represents the presence of God as a light to His people and serves as the table around which we gather as Christians to participate in our Lord's Supper. Inasmuch as we have expressed our community in this altar, we testify that God is among His people, wherever they are.
The banner suspended from the ceiling suggests that the congregation gathers to celebrate the presence of God in all of life. The banner, woven on a loom, has as its theme the cross of Christ the King in bas-relief. The cross at its base takes the form of a root. God in Christ has wedded himself to humanity. He has sunk his roots deeply into His created order, which is our existence. At the center of the cross a crown has been placed as a reminder that the Christ who suffered for us is indeed our Lord and our King. It is under His Kingship that we gather and daily live as a congregation.
A tree trunk unites the theme of the altar with the baptismal font, for it serves again as the base. Christian baptism is a gift from God to His people where He claims us as His own. The spun-metal crown of Christ the King which rests as a lid on a ceramic bowl shows us the direction which our baptism must of necessity take us into a life of servant hood like the life of the Christ into whose name we are baptized and because of whose person we can have a continual renewal of life.
The pulpit speaks to us of the authority, which God's Word must hold for us yet in the 20th century. God still uses words to reach His people. Through the reading of the Scriptures and the exposition of them through preaching, the Word of God takes on an incarnate quality, which makes the Christian faith pulsate in the lives of God's people. The parament, which hangs on the pulpit, seeks by symbolism to describe the particular part of the Church Year, Both this parament and the banner over the altar are changed with the Church Year Seasons.
The library-lounge area has been established for the purpose of fostering the study and reading of good literature, both books and periodicals, and for the purpose of encouraging people to engage in conversation and fellowship in this day of increasing depersonalization. The educational facilities for both Sunday School and Adult Education are located in the rooms which are along the south and west perimeter of the building and in the three large rooms in the basement. The Fellowship (Great) Hall is an all-purpose room adjoining the nave of the Church, which will seat 250 persons at tables and 300 in chairs. With the church proper seating approximately 350 we have a potential seating capacity of 650 persons. The church was built at a cost of $250,000, excluding the furnishings.
Christ the King Building History –
You can see from the photo that Christ the King Lutheran church has a unique and beautiful shape to the exterior of its building. The inside is even more beautiful with many symbolic points of reference to christian faith.
Given an opportunity to build, a Christian congregation has the unique privilege and responsibility to erect a new church edifice, which will not only be functional but meaningful.
As a family of Christ the King here in Delafield, we have tried to express ourselves in a building, which reflects who we are, and the faith, which we espouse. The church takes the form of an isosceles triangle, 152 feet on both the east and west sides and 170 feet on the south, making a total of 20,175 square feet of floor area. Each of the three rooflines ascends at different angles, meeting at the top a sky light, which gives stability and authority to the entire roof area. As you move around the outside of the church, the sky light seems also to change in direction and angle. This fact, together with the different roof lines, gives the building the moving and dynamic quality, which typifies our Christian faith. The simple shape of the triangular structure, rising to meet the skylight, suggests the people of God, gathering together under the crown of Christ for worship, study and fellowship. Here we receive strength and wisdom to return, each to his own bailiwick, to be a servant in God's world.
As you come into the church by means of the main entrances, you are aware of the low ceiling. But as you move by the foyer area the roofline begins its steep ascent and continues to climb as you turn to step down into the church proper. The movement of the roofline seeks to uplift the worshipper into an acute awareness of the glory of the presence of God in all of life. In the day the sky light floods the nave of the church with light, and in the evening the artificial light comes from a series of electric lamps, which hang as a necklace at the base of the sky light.
The chancel appointments seek to describe the faith, which we declare. The altar base is an elm tree trunk, which was found and treated in our own area. This tree trunk weds us to our Kettle Moraine community, noted for its beautiful forests; it is in this community where God has called us to serve. The altar table is constructed of laminated strips of white and red elm. The angles of the table as they descend to meet the tree trunk repeat in reverse the angles expressed in the major supporting beams of the church. The altar, with its two ceramic-fashioned candlesticks, represents the presence of God as a light to His people and serves as the table around which we gather as Christians to participate in our Lord's Supper. Inasmuch as we have expressed our community in this altar, we testify that God is among His people, wherever they are.
The banner suspended from the ceiling suggests that the congregation gathers to celebrate the presence of God in all of life. The banner, woven on a loom, has as its theme the cross of Christ the King in bas-relief. The cross at its base takes the form of a root. God in Christ has wedded himself to humanity. He has sunk his roots deeply into His created order, which is our existence. At the center of the cross a crown has been placed as a reminder that the Christ who suffered for us is indeed our Lord and our King. It is under His Kingship that we gather and daily live as a congregation.
A tree trunk unites the theme of the altar with the baptismal font, for it serves again as the base. Christian baptism is a gift from God to His people where He claims us as His own. The spun-metal crown of Christ the King which rests as a lid on a ceramic bowl shows us the direction which our baptism must of necessity take us into a life of servant hood like the life of the Christ into whose name we are baptized and because of whose person we can have a continual renewal of life.
The pulpit speaks to us of the authority, which God's Word must hold for us yet in the 20th century. God still uses words to reach His people. Through the reading of the Scriptures and the exposition of them through preaching, the Word of God takes on an incarnate quality, which makes the Christian faith pulsate in the lives of God's people. The parament, which hangs on the pulpit, seeks by symbolism to describe the particular part of the Church Year, Both this parament and the banner over the altar are changed with the Church Year Seasons.
The library-lounge area has been established for the purpose of fostering the study and reading of good literature, both books and periodicals, and for the purpose of encouraging people to engage in conversation and fellowship in this day of increasing depersonalization. The educational facilities for both Sunday School and Adult Education are located in the rooms which are along the south and west perimeter of the building and in the three large rooms in the basement. The Fellowship (Great) Hall is an all-purpose room adjoining the nave of the Church, which will seat 250 persons at tables and 300 in chairs. With the church proper seating approximately 350 we have a potential seating capacity of 650 persons. The church was built at a cost of $250,000, excluding the furnishings.